Preston North End boss Alex Neil has no complaints against red card to Fulham defender Denis Odoi

Preston North End boss Alex Neil has no complaint about the red card to Fulham  Ghanaian defender Denis Odoi.

The Belgian-born Ghanaian was shown the marching off orders for an elbow against Patrick Bauer  in a fiery confrontation in the Championship clash over the weekend.

The two teams were then reduced to 10 men after Joe Rafferty then saw red  just before the interval for a rash tackle on Fulham substitute Joe Bryan who had joined the action in a reshuffle after Odoi's dismissal.

Asked if there were any complaints about the two red cards, Neil said: "Having watched them back, no I don't think so.

"With their red card the lad was a bit unfortunate because normally when someone goes up to head the ball they put their hands up.

"But Patrick went up with his hands down and not only that, the lads turns and hits him with his shoulder.

"The fact he turns and catches him clean in the face and the way Pat fell, it was a bad connection. He was really late going for the header.

"I think if it didn't catch Pat as bad as it did, it may not have been a red card but how clean the contact was and you saw Pat's head jerk back, it looked like a red card."

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